HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Action

变成 biànchéng “to turn into” in Chinese

Traditional 變成

What 变成 means

  1. to turn into
  2. to become
  3. to change into

How to say 变成

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale变biàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale成chéng2nd tone, rising

变成 in a sentence

  1. 英语变成了我最喜欢的学科。

    Yīngyǔ biànchéng le wǒ zuì xǐhuan de xuékē.

    English has become my favourite subject.

    Sentence #7780165 from Tatoeba

  2. 那位士兵变成老师了。

    Nà wèi shìbīng biànchéng lǎoshī le.

    That soldier became a teacher.

    Sentence #904812 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 变成了绿色。

    Biànchéng le lǜsè.

    It turned green.

    Sentence #10745350 from Tatoeba

How 变成 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 变 (biàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
变biànto change
  • 亦also · yì
  • 又again · yòu
The character 成 (chéng) with each of its parts in a different colour
成chéngto succeed
  • 戈halberd · gē
  • 丁part of the character

How to write 变成

变 8 strokes · 成 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

变成 (biànchéng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 变成 (biànchéng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 变成

Words with 变

变biàn · to change变化biànhuà · change改变gǎibiàn · to change转变zhuǎnbiàn · to change变质biànzhì · to go bad变故biàngù · misfortune变迁biànqiān · changes演变yǎnbiàn · to evolve

Words with 成

完成wánchéng · to complete成绩chéngjì · achievement成功chénggōng · success成为chéngwéi · to become养成yǎngchéng · to cultivate成人chéngrén · adult赞成zànchéng · to approve成立chénglì · to establish成长chéngzhǎng · to grow up构成gòuchéng · to constitute

More words: Action & Change Verbs

办bàn · to handle查chá · to check做到zuòdào · to accomplish带来dàilái · to bring (about)服务fúwù · to serve进入jìnrù · to enter生shēng · to be born算suàn · to calculate

FAQs

变成 (biànchéng) means “to turn into” or “to become”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it biànchéng: biàn with a 4th tone, then chéng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 变成 is written 變成. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type biancheng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 变成 from the suggestions. Typing biancheng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
变成 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 3 word list. It is not on the older HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.